Summary
IfTheyDie exists for a practical problem: people need to know when someone important to them or their work has passed away, but repeated manual searching is unreliable and emotionally draining.
What we are building
IfTheyDie is a death monitoring and review product. Users add people to a watchlist, the system checks public sources over time, and likely matches are shown with evidence and confidence so a user can confirm or dismiss them.
Principles
- Be honest about coverage and uncertainty.
- Show source evidence before asking users to act.
- Keep sensitive watchlist data private.
- Separate "possible match" from "officially verified."
Early access status
The product is still moving toward launch. Some backend, billing, notification, and provider integrations are still being hardened, so the public site currently routes visitors to the waitlist.
Related guides
Data Sources
The kinds of obituary, memorial, public-record, and external search sources IfTheyDie uses or evaluates.
Coverage and Limitations
What IfTheyDie can monitor today, where coverage can miss deaths, and how to interpret confidence scores.
Contact IfTheyDie
Contact IfTheyDie for product questions, corrections, removal requests, support, or business inquiries.
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